Frequently Asked Questions

Where are you from?

Where did you go to college?

What do you do?

Shake hands, kiss babies.

What do you eat?

Corn, millet, beans, peanuts, & moringa leaves.

What language(s) do they/you speak in Senegal?

Official language: French.

Regional languages: Wolof, Pulaar, Seereer, Mandinka, Diola

Me: Pulaar, French-ish, & the bare minimum of Wolof.

Did you study French before you got there?

If by study French, you mean, know what these things are,…then yes.

What’re you listening to right now?

Citizen Cope - Sideways

What do you do for fun there?

Hang with my best friends. Their 2 and 3 years old.

Where exactly is your village?

Do you really live in a hut?

Yes.

How long are you going to live there?

27 months.

How do you have the internet/electricity?

I come to Tambacounda. The regional capital. They’ve got the juice.

So, you really don’t have electricity or running water?

African village in the bush ≠ Holiday Inn.